Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-23
THE COURT HOUSE GOAT.
a VsRY iEfsREsfiEs AND SsiskS
DsSJzsN " n BAEBAsK COAST.
ne Esss Dssss on Him Boards. But Drsws the
Line ~ the Cards OF Candidates "A
Regular visitor ss the Local
Temple Of Justice.

owns the animal, but II is beyond peradven.
lure that he passes most OF his nights In q
horse stable on North Christian street.
Early In the morning he starts out on .
foraging expedition. He visits many OF the
people residing in the neighborhood, but
usually turn up at the court house early In
the forenoon. He Is not on very good terms
with the jsnitor and his assistant, and especi.
tally the latter. When they are not looking.
he quietly slips inside the building and |
walks around on the tile floor He is known
to every official in the place and visits them
In their Offices Indeed from the air that he |
assumes one would suppose that he had
more business to attend to than many Of the
attorneys He often ventures up the large
stairways leading to the court room and 10
sometimes found on the landing. He has not
yet learned the words "Push" and Pull
on the large doors aud has not been able to
penetrate the court room - yet
CHASED BY THE JANlroR.
He has been chased down these sts'rwsys
80 often that he knows when he has been
discovered by the jsnitor and before that
officer can get up one stair way he goes bound.
ing down the other. After visiting the offices
he passes the most Of the day In the yard
around the court house. He formerly visited
the lawyers in their Off ces but has been fooled
so often by the words "Back soon, take
seat" that he no longer does them The honor.
In the court house yard he affords great
amusement to the many bad boys who infeet
the place aud persist in teasing him in every
way whenever they run across hin. As he
walks along the street he Is pulled about
and yelled at on every hand, but he
Is possessed OF great deal OF sense aud good
humor, and will generally manage to get
away before being pjured. He has q great
many enemies among the dogs OF the town,
but he fears none OF them. Sometimes they
attack him in pairs, but he either escapes
safely or puts them to flight The other day
he was met in Centre Square by . dog
almost as large as calf. He at once showed
fight and the dog turned tail and fled.
When summer comes and the dogs wear
muzzles he can laugh at them. Sometimes
he is compelled to butt bad boys much
against bis FISHES, when he becomes tired OF
their teasing. But he Is usually Of . peace
able disposition.
WON'T TOUCH CANDIDATES. CARDS.
Much has been written about the diet Of
| goats aud much more could be told concern.
| ing them. There Is probably no other animal
| that can make meal on the curious kind OF
things that goat puts into his stomach, and
the hero Of this story Is no exception to the
rule He has great fondness for paper ol
| all kinds aud that is probably one OF the
great attractions at the court house, where II
is very plentiful. 1t is said, however, that ht
positively refuses to touch the cards OF csndi
dates, as many Of them are filled with brigh
colored paints which he does not relish
while others contain the names of objection
able men. One of his greatest dishes IL
show bill, aud he will stand for hours il
front of bill board or at q telegraph pol'
, | eating OIL dates
CONTRACTORS STORY.
A few days ago while the writer was watch
} ing the goat eat . three sheet bill o
Milton Mobiles, q we'll known railroad con
tractor came along and related q story sbou
| goat that he once owned. He was doinl
some work In an out Of the way place In tn
} western part OF the state and becam
, possessed OF q pretty Billy" " The con
tractor WAS called away suddenly one ds!
to be gone about two weeks and fearing tha
Billy would not receive proper attention Ii
I his absence, left with him Q copy of tn
3 Philadelphia Tunes to eat When he re
turned he found that the goat was lCokinI
sleek and fat and still had some of the news
paper left He examined the paper and foun,
that the goat had eaten all around an editoris
on Mayor Smith that was too strong for hi
stomach and he could not go It.
VERY FOND OF TOBACCO.
Among other things that the subject OF thi
sketch Is fond of IL tobacco. Almost ever,
day in season, about noon, he visits psckin
warehouse in the centre OF the city and take
} his dinner on scraps. The other day jokin
3 | reporter thought he would try him, 30 he Gu
OF about an inch from his plug OF Rebeccs
I He handed 1t to the goat, and the latte
quickly chewed and swallowed it, a. we'll 9
q several other pieces. The reporter foun
s that the fun WAS all on the goats side, aud
! was rather expensive to keep himself and th
: animal in tobacco Any person can Coz
him up with piece OF tobacco. and he form
!, strong attachment for those having l.. h
7. knows all the lawyers who chew, and hi
IS great contempt for those who never have sn
n except that which they borrow.
& Among other things that the court hou
. goat does not understand is the Book be
% autographs. Yesterday he stood for OF
If hour looking ct one In North Queen sire
saloon window and walked away apparent
perplexed.
y KEEN SCENT FOR A MEAL.
The small boy with an apple or an orsp
IL il q friend TO this goat, and he will folio
;. them to the roof OF . house The animal &c
20 orally manages to pick up pretty good mes
~ from the baskets which stand at groce
n stores. One day last week he began work I
q q basket OF onions In front of Q we'll know
80 East King street store. He did not seem
o. know the kind OF vegetables they were, Or
=. he now walks on the other side OF the sire,
"a One would suppose that goat 20 VI
~ known, would fall into the hands OF &
police, but such Is not the case with this or
He has many warm friends on the force, a
they do not disturb him. Several years o.
IS q we'll known officer arrested = goat on Il
o. street and placed him IN the lookup atteI
10 great deal Of trouble. He WAS not sent
q. jail, however, and before the officer v
ID through with the animal, he took an os
" never to again disturb tramp goat.
The hero OF our sketch attends TO his ov
u business and by doing that he hopes to ke
ID clear OF the lookup, and continue TO ma
10 his daily rounds without molestation. Y
~ hope he may, and 1t 10 certain that II
!, makes the progress In the future that he b
10 in the past, he may yet be serving on juri
in the court house